Ticket to ride

craviola990 · Post by **craviola990** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:48 pm

Hi Guys- Anybody know why George never used the Ricky on this live? I notice on Sullivan and Shea stadium he doesn't. Was this so he could more easily play Paul's guitar breaks in the song? I thought this would be the best place to go for such info. Thanks! Christian

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:26 pm

Was this so he could more easily play Paul's guitar breaks in the song?

I think you got it Christian.

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:14 pm

Yes, that's the reason.

chingnchime · Post by **chingnchime** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:22 am

Contrary to popular belief, i still say the TTR intro sounds like a Gretsch double tracked, as opposed to a 12 string, as I don't hear any octaves, and the tone (other than the shimmering sound) is VERY Gretsch-like.

bluesyric · Post by **bluesyric** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:31 am

"...and I think the last Beatle song was, that I recall playing on was, the Rickenbacker twelve string, was "Ticket To Ride"."

"...it really didn´t seem to do anything other than this bright sound, but that is the sound that you hear on Ticket To Ride and all those others we mentioned."

-George Harrison

notviceversa · Post by **notviceversa** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:52 am

http://www.rathergood.com/chicken/

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:10 am

OK... so according to that website "Chicken To Ride" was recorded in the early 1990s using a Les Paul!

It's on the internet so it must be true!

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:16 am

I sure don't hear any octaves.
Also, supposedly it was John on 12'r. So what's George taking about?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:33 am

My ignorance of how the riff is played will show: if the riff uses the first and/or second strings, one would not hear an octave for those notes.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:36 am

I thought it started on the G string, using an open A chord.

chingnchime · Post by **chingnchime** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:17 am

Right jerry. It starts on the G string (open A chord)and one would THINK you'd hear an octave if it was a Rick 12. My point exactly.

bosifis · Post by **bosifis** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:34 am

"...and I think the last Beatle song was, that I recall playing on was, the Rickenbacker twelve string, was "Ticket To Ride"." (Too many "was's")

George must have forgotten that he used the Rick late in 1965 on a certain song HE wrote. "If I Needed Someone"?

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:43 am

I think Harrison was referring to the last time he used the '63 Rick 12 on a record, not the '65 model he got only a few months after TTR was recorded.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:25 pm

I played Ticket to Ride as soon as I got my new 330/12 BBR and it is the exact sound through my AC30, obviously accounting for the different pickups on my guitar compared to George's and their possible use of a AC50 or AC100. Its very obvious to me that he used a RIC 12 on that song, and Paulie played the lead bits with his Casino.

bosifis · Post by **bosifis** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:36 pm

Stan, I had no idea there was another Rick 12!